World Watch Monitor

Nepali Christians fear that proposed amendments to Nepal’s new constitution could eventually render all Christian activity illegal.

An Iranian pastor serving a six-year prison term has failed in his appeal against a further sentence of 74 lashes and an additional year in jail -...

Sixty-three churches have been damaged or destroyed so far during four years of civil war in Syria, says the Syrian Network for Human Rights.

Two South Sudanese pastors being held in Omdurman prison in Khartoum could face the death sentence when their trial continues on 19 May.

The Archbishop of Baghdad, Louis Raphael I Sako, has called on the West to help put an end to the “mortal exodus” of Christians from the Middle...

A missionary has been killed and several churches set ablaze in attacks by Nigeria’s Islamist group Boko Haram in neighboring Cameroon.

An Iranian Christian sentenced to 10 years in prison has been released after three months.

Four Iranian Christians jailed for attending a "house church" have lost their judicial appeals.

Almost a third of Syria's Christians have left since the start of the civil war.

An increase in violence against Christians in northern Iraq has increased the flow of Christians leaving the country.

Iran's continued mistreatment of its Christian minority was raised at a recent meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council.

The latest tragic incident of hundreds of African migrants drowning in European waters tells a wider story.

Two Christian women were among a number of prisoners of conscience released in Iran ahead of new president Hassan Rouhani's first address to the...

Anguish and anger has erupted across Pakistan since Sunday after two suicide bombers killed dozens of people as they were leaving church services.

Since July 3, when the Egyptian military removed the Muslim Brotherhood from power, anti-Christian backlash has flared in pockets across Egypt.

The already fragile situation for Christians in the Central African Republic may be worsening.

The steady flow of Iranian Christians facing arrest and imprisonment on spurious charges continues.

Middle Eastern Christians are experiencing one of the most significant periods in their history. Regime changes in Egypt and Iran and sectarian...